Radio station BBC7 http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7 has a surprise Doctor
Who related premiere this week. "Dalek, I Love You" airs at 6PM &
Midnight GMT on Saturday 11 February (their 7th Dimension sci-fi
timeslot). It's a new drama about an obsessed Doctor Who fan who
meets his own Doctor Who girl. There is no further information about
this drama - dunno who wrote it, who's starring in it, anything.
Hopefully it'll be good. Those of us outside the UK can listen live
via Windows Media Player or RealPlayer, and the Listen Again feature
(using RealPlayer) should have this program available until 18
February.

Iowa Public TV http://www.iptv.org is asking viewers to vote with
their wallets to decide on the next batch of Doctor Who stories for
their station. On March 11 during their Festival Pledge Drive, The
Five Doctors will air (probably from 10:30PM to 12:30AM). Viewers
who call in with pledges to support Doctor Who will be asked which
of the 7 Doctors from the original 26 year run (William Hartnell,
Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin
Baker, Sylvester McCoy) you want IPTV to air next. Presumably the
winning Doctor's stories would air after the conclusion of the run
of Sylvester McCoy stories that just began. Members of the Unit-1
Doctor Who fan group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unit-1 will be
among those answering phones.

IPTV's announcement means that they are able to buy whatever Doctor
Who stories they want to, which means that there has been a change
in the status of classic Doctor Who syndication in the US. The
embargo on public TV stations buying Doctor Who (from 1963 to 1989)
is over. Any station that wants to buy Doctor Who again can do so as
soon as they want to, though I imagine that if there are any
interested stations they will probably wait to see how the new
series does on Sci-Fi and wait for the next fiscal year when they
can find room in their budgets for the show. While not stated, it is
assumed that the contract problems about airing Dalek stories from
the original 26 year run are still in place.

Assuming the report that Doctor Who premieres on ATV World http://www.hkatv.com/world05 in Hong Kong on the 19th are correct,
premiere information should appear on their website on 13 February
Hong Kong time. If you live in Hong Kong or have friends who do,
they'll want to keep an eye on that site for the premiere details.

Italian viewers have one more chance to see the 1st Series finale -
The Parting Of The Ways repeats Thursday at 10:40PM CET on Jimmy.
Then it's off the schedule for the time being.

The countdown to the US premiere gets shorter. We are 37 days out
from Rose airing on SciFi http://www.scifi.com right now. SciFi's
Doctor Who website http://www.scifi.com/doctorwho still hasn't gone
online yet, but I suspect it'll be up by the end of the month. If
you can't wait for SciFi to air the episodes, the Series One boxset
will be out in Canada on Tuesday the 14th (Valentine's Day) in the
same video format and region code as all US DVD players - it can be
ordered online. If you wanted the boxset in PAL format from the UK
or Australia then you probably bought it by now - if not then you
will find it in most online stores for those countries. The US
release of Series One on DVD will be after SciFi premieres the
episodes - Tuesday, July 4 - US Independence Day. If you bought the
DVDs from the UK or Canada and don't plan to buy the US set, please
watch the episodes on SciFi (if you have SciFi) to show your
support. Doctor Who doesn't need to do quite as well as Stargate SG-
1, Stargate Atlantis, or Battlestar Galactica to secure a steady
home in the US - but it does need to have an audience.

BBC Online http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho
Doctor Who Confidential http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/confidential
The 13 episodes from the BBC Three series all online via Real
Player. Also, numerous video diaries and trailers.
Attack Of The Graske - interactive game available to UK residents
only as part of the trials of the BBC broadband service, starring
David Tennant as the Doctor and you as the companion

BBC 7 http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7
Saturday 6PM & Midnight GMT "Dalek, I Love You" 30 minute drama
World Premiere. Original play about a Doctor Who fan who meets his
very own Dr. Who girl. Is he imagining, or is this all real? No cast
information - it'll be a mystery till it airs.
Available on digital radio and TV in the UK, live online Windows
Media Player and RealPlayer worldwide, archived on RealPlayer for 1
week worldwide.